Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has extended the voter registration deadline in four southwest Georgia counties hit by Hurricane Michael.
Deal announced on Monday that the deadline for registering to participate in the Nov. 6 midterm election would be extended to Oct. 16 for residents of Clay, Grady, Randolph and Turner counties.
Election offices in those counties were forced to close early on the day of the original deadline, Oct. 9, because of the deadly storm.
Michael, which was a Category 4 hurricane when it came ashore in Florida, entered Georgia as a Category 3 and later weakened to a tropical storm as it headed for the Carolinas.
But its high winds and pounding rains left downed trees and power outages behind.
